We were inspired by the stunning poetry Amanda Gorman delivered to the nation at President Joseph R. Biden’s inauguration on January 20th, 2021. Moved by her strong and painted language, we couldn’t help but relate her passion and energy to one of our very favorite nature-inspired poets, Mary Jane Oliver.

Pulitzer Prize winning author, Oliver knew that there is an instinctive bond between human beings and the natural world. Her poems were not about isolation in Mother Nature, but more so about pushing beyond the sense of individual, emotional quarantine and knowing that we humans are inherently connected to nature.

Take these next moments to unwind, decrease any stress, and raise your feel-good frequencies.

The Geese

You do not have to be good.
You do not have to walk on your knees
for a hundred miles through the desert repenting.
You only have to let the soft animal of your body
love what it loves.
Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine.
Meanwhile the world goes on.
Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of the rain
are moving across the landscapes,
over the prairies and the deep trees,
the mountains and the rivers.
Meanwhile the wild geese,
high in the clean blue air,
are heading home again.
Whoever you are, no matter how lonely,
the world offers itself to your imagination,
calls to you like the wild geese,
harsh and exciting -
over and over announcing your place
in the family of things.

by Mary Oliver

Solitude and peace do not always have to be found in the middle of a forest, or in a quiet place. You are surrounded in natural elements without always recognizing it.

If you have the ability to invite more of the outside, natural world into your indoor spaces, allow yourself to do so. Style and design your interior spaces to bring more nature into your living and work spaces and bring the outdoors inside with Kelly Mac.

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